Of the former, almost 33m belong to health clubs, spawning a multi-billion-dollar industry of sports shoes, fitness foods, exercise videos, heart monitors and personal trainers.

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For instance, many of these sites sold counterfeit sports clothing, designer shoes and handbags and even pirated exercise programs.

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For the 2006 Victoria and Albert exhibition, Piaggi provided the museum with a list of her wardrobe's contents: 265 pairs of shoes, 932 hats, 2, 865 dresses, 1 exercise bike and 31 feather boas.

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